Introduction
Woonsocket is a fairly average community, though it is slightly "less well off" than Rhode Island on average.With a population of over 41.000, Woonsocket is a 8 square mile city located in Providence County, Rhode Island. It's main body of water is the Blackstone River. Taking a look at the poverty and economic data, demographics,and also health and education reports, we can paint a certain picture of Woonsocket as a district and community.
Poverty and the Things That Go With It: The Economics of Income, Family
In comparison to Rhode Island as a whole, Woonsocket is on the lower end of the income and living standard spectrum. In comparison to a median household income of just over 53,000 for Rhode Island's average, Woonsocket's median household income checks in at just under 39,000. This is in part due to the 30.7% of individuals below poverty level and the 18.3% of families below poverty level (in comparison to 25.3% and 10.6% in Rhode Island, respectively).
Demographics
Just under 82% of Woonsocket is White, nearly 5% African American, 12% Hispanic, 5.6% Asian, and the rest is dispersed sparsely. Woonsocekt is 45.8% Male, (54.2% female) and the median age is 36.3 years of age.
Forty-six percent of children in Woonsocket are growing up in single-parent homes. Seven percent live with grandparents. Twenty-four percent of mothers who gave birth in 2011 had less than a high school diploma.
Health and Education
The safety and health of some of the children in Woonsocket is at risk. In comparison to Rhode Island's rate of 27 teen births per 1000 teens, over 75 of every 1000 teens will give birth. The infant mortality rate, however, is better in comparison--4.8 per 1000 as opposed to RI's 6.5 per 1000. What is incredibly concerning, is that the child abuse and neglect rate in Woonsocket is more than double that of Rhode Island (27.4 vs 14 per 1000). Nearly 20 of every 1000 children in Woonsocket have a parent who is incarcerated.
High school attendance rates clock in at 85%, with 15% of students having participated in some sort of Early Intervention program when young, 4% of them participating in all day kindergarten (as opposed to nearly half of students in Rhode Island as a whole). Woonsocket, comparatively, has 8% more children enrolled in special education programs than Rhode Island's average. Forty percent of Woonsocket students are using the federal breakfast program.
Conclusion
Woonsocket is a fairly average community, though it is slightly "less well off" than Rhode Island on average.With a population of over 41.000, Woonsocket is a 8 square mile city located in Providence County, Rhode Island. It's main body of water is the Blackstone River. In comparison to Rhode Island, Woonsocket has a lower median household income, higher poverty percentage, lower attendance rates, higher rates of child abuse and neglect, and 8% more children enrolled in special education programs than in Rhode Island overall. These statistics and more represent the community that the schools of Woonsocket. Woonsocket students are more than these statistics, but they are affected by them. The community of Woonsocket raises its children in a certain environment, and in this environment they must learn--as KIPP says, "Students WILL learn." But how many are them are learning? Retaining this information? Succeeding in their careers and applying their knowledge? Are the results different, better, worse in the cities lone charter school, Beacon Charter? This remains to be seen.
Introduction
Woonsocket is a fairly average community, though it is slightly "less well off" than Rhode Island on average.With a population of over 41.000, Woonsocket is a 8 square mile city located in Providence County, Rhode Island. It's main body of water is the Blackstone River. Taking a look at the poverty and economic data, demographics,and also health and education reports, we can paint a certain picture of Woonsocket as a district and community.
Poverty and the Things That Go With It: The Economics of Income, Family
In comparison to Rhode Island as a whole, Woonsocket is on the lower end of the income and living standard spectrum. In comparison to a median household income of just over 53,000 for Rhode Island's average, Woonsocket's median household income checks in at just under 39,000. This is in part due to the 30.7% of individuals below poverty level and the 18.3% of families below poverty level (in comparison to 25.3% and 10.6% in Rhode Island, respectively).
Demographics
Just under 82% of Woonsocket is White, nearly 5% African American, 12% Hispanic, 5.6% Asian, and the rest is dispersed sparsely. Woonsocekt is 45.8% Male, (54.2% female) and the median age is 36.3 years of age.
Forty-six percent of children in Woonsocket are growing up in single-parent homes. Seven percent live with grandparents. Twenty-four percent of mothers who gave birth in 2011 had less than a high school diploma.
Health and Education
The safety and health of some of the children in Woonsocket is at risk. In comparison to Rhode Island's rate of 27 teen births per 1000 teens, over 75 of every 1000 teens will give birth. The infant mortality rate, however, is better in comparison--4.8 per 1000 as opposed to RI's 6.5 per 1000. What is incredibly concerning, is that the child abuse and neglect rate in Woonsocket is more than double that of Rhode Island (27.4 vs 14 per 1000). Nearly 20 of every 1000 children in Woonsocket have a parent who is incarcerated.
High school attendance rates clock in at 85%, with 15% of students having participated in some sort of Early Intervention program when young, 4% of them participating in all day kindergarten (as opposed to nearly half of students in Rhode Island as a whole). Woonsocket, comparatively, has 8% more children enrolled in special education programs than Rhode Island's average. Forty percent of Woonsocket students are using the federal breakfast program.
Conclusion
Woonsocket is a fairly average community, though it is slightly "less well off" than Rhode Island on average.With a population of over 41.000, Woonsocket is a 8 square mile city located in Providence County, Rhode Island. It's main body of water is the Blackstone River. In comparison to Rhode Island, Woonsocket has a lower median household income, higher poverty percentage, lower attendance rates, higher rates of child abuse and neglect, and 8% more children enrolled in special education programs than in Rhode Island overall. These statistics and more represent the community that the schools of Woonsocket. Woonsocket students are more than these statistics, but they are affected by them. The community of Woonsocket raises its children in a certain environment, and in this environment they must learn--as KIPP says, "Students WILL learn." But how many are them are learning? Retaining this information? Succeeding in their careers and applying their knowledge? Are the results different, better, worse in the cities lone charter school, Beacon Charter? This remains to be seen.